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‘WE HOPE FOR A MIRACLE’

Demi’s family are on a quest to fulfil her bucket list but time is running out for the cancer-stricken tween

THERE are so many things she still wants to do: go on a seaside holiday, eat as many ramen noodles as she can, drink every type of fizzy cooldrink, visit a games arcade and go fishing with her grandfather. It’s a long bucket list and Demi Labuschagne (11) can’t understand why her family are in such a hurry to see all her wishes are fulfilled. What’s the rush when she still has her whole life ahead of her?

Her aunt, Belinda (34), who’s raised Demi since she was a baby, doesn’t have the words to

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